Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest)
hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a …

The Caatinga is a xerophyte, deciduous plant formation that occupies more than 50% of the
northeastern region of Brazil (approximately 800.000 km2). This formation presents a high …

The caatinga (semi-arid vegetation) is a Brazilian biome with a significant but poorly studied
biodiversity closely associated with a diverse cultural heritage. The present work focused on …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: We studied local knowledge and actual uses
of medicinal plants among the Mien in northern Thailand, documenting traditional medical …

OBJECTIVES: Many species of the Caatinga flora are used as medicines in local
communities. In recent decades, the knowledge and use of these species has been …

AIM OF THE STUDY: The present work tested the power of different methodological
strategies for identifying plants that could be interesting in terms of their phenolic …

This discussion paper assesses the state of knowledge on tropical dry forests as it relates to
CIFOR s strategy and identifies research opportunities that align with CIFOR s strategic …

A study of the diversity of uses of medicinal plants and the traditional knowledge associated
with the caatinga vegetation was undertaken in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco State …

Although chronic anthropogenic disturbance (CAD) represents a significant threat to the
integrity of tropical biotas, few efforts have been made to understand its impacts. We address …

Abstract The Inclusion and Selection of Medicinal Plants in Traditional Pharmacopoeias—
Evidence in Support of the Diversification Hypothesis. An ethnobotanical study with …